There is often a battle on the bus I take to work of which commuters have the coolest gear. While some smugly surf the net with their iPhones, others are proving their intellectual superiority by whipping out their Kindle. Well, chalk one up for the iPhone/iPod touch users, because they just got their "Kindle" for free.
The Kindle for iPhone app allows iPhone and iPod touch users to shop Amazon's Kindle Store, download books wirelessly (most average $9.99), and read them on their device. The app includes a feature called, Whispersync, which allows users to switch back and forth between a Kindle device and Kindle for iPhone (just in case you've got both) while keeping bookmarks and reading location synchronized between devices.
Other features include:
- Buy a Kindle book from your Mac, PC, or iPhone using a Web browser and wirelessly transfer the books to your iPhone.
- Read first chapters of any book for free before you buy.
- Download the Kindle books you already own for free - they are automatically backed up on Amazon.com
- Adjust the text size, add bookmarks, and view the annotations you created on your Kindle device.
Via MacRumors.com
